<div>Some ascetics in ancient India undertook extreme practices, such as a vow to behave like an ox or a dog. The Buddha meets two such individuals, and is reluctantly pressed to reveal the kammic outcomes of such practice.</div>

Some ascetics in ancient India undertook extreme practices, such as a vow to behave like an ox or a dog. The Buddha meets two such individuals, and is reluctantly pressed to reveal the kammic outcomes of such practice.

MN 57 The Ascetic who behaved like a Dog

<p>A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.</p>

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Buddhism

A selection of English translations of the suttas from the Pali canon which have been professionally read and recorded.

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